Another day

     So here I am a painter doing laundry and watching my grandson all week.  And no painting this week at all but then there is next a time.  I've been off all summer from painting that is and only started one playing around more than anything.  I would think that summer for me and painting are not the best of friend, but this time it was a little different.

     The choice I made was to fix up the house getting her ready for sale.  That effort went smoothly for a while and I did get the deck painted.  I also painted my wife's bathroom and added lighting and shelving, a new towel bar and one of those round things for a hand towel.  It looks good.  The color I mixed to a tome complimentary to the bedroom and no not the compliment just the tone, a much lighter one using the remaining bedroom paint and adding white.  Nothing complicated but a one to one mix did a nice job and she likes it...so that worked.

I fixed a crack which doesn't seem like much but this one was persistent, I'd fixed it last time I painted but....crrrrrack after a few years.  The house settles...they weight a lot you know.  This time I used a six inch nylon mesh tape and a special spray that is made for persistent cracks.  The crack is or was in the middle of  a really long run of sheet rock from the floor to the cathedral ceiling height of a good twenty feet or more.  I should measure that one day, anyway at the moment it hold and looks good.

The garage is under Umm re- configuring?  I did get Deb's car in first and now am working on getting mine in also.  I'm to the point of seeing the floor again almost.  I have been shredding old papers and letters and bills but the pile well was a few boxes full, it's one of those some day projects half done.;  the weather is creeping to the cold side so I need to finish sooner rather than later.

OK the plan is to sell the house and move toward Elmhurst, south of here some thirty miles or so.  The commute is a killer, and it's time to downsize considerably. the plan now is to wait out the winter and start the process of selling n the spring.  I think the sellers market is growing again and by then we may gain value back.  So wish me luck...